noun
- the production of spores of only one kind by a plant, especially in ferns and other pteridophytes.
Usage: botany; biology
Examples
- Homospory is common in most fern species, where all spores are morphologically identical.
- The fern exhibits homospory, producing uniform spores that develop into gametophytes of a single type.
- In homospory, a single spore type germinates to form a bisexual gametophyte.
- Many primitive vascular plants rely on homospory for reproduction.
- Homospory contrasts with heterospory, where two distinct spore types are produced.